29 April, 2013

We always need some tutorials to give us new tricks & ideas so Ulrika is doing that for us today & explains her steps brilliantly:

First
picture ( how I did it)

Start to
paint your box on all edges. Cut pieces of cardstock and patterned

paper
for all sides. I used double sided tape to attach the pieces to the box.

Then
decorate the lid and the inside of the box.

I love
to make plain boxes beautiful and then give them away as gifts. Inside you can
put

Chocolate,
soap, jewelry or a gift certificate for something nice. The best part is that

when the
gift is gone the box can be used for something else!

I used
“A Summers Day” from Ode to a Summers Day collection. For the lid I used the
cute

red
velvet flowers that you can find at Meg´s. And for the inside of the box I cut
off the edges

of a paper lace doily called basket weave rectangle. Then I used it as a lace border. In
the corners I

used the
cute red flowers again and green leaves from Dusty Attic. All from the
shop!'

Fantastic tutorial on decorating a box - well done Ulrika. The pics & instructions are terrific & give our bloggers a lot of new ideas. I love the way you have layered the paper instead of covering the box which is always a messy choice & I know that my corners do not ever work - great alternative to solve a problem.Ode to a Summer's Day papersPaper lace doiliesPaper flowers

27 April, 2013

'Inspire Card

The extra strip of paper you receive with each of Meg's Garden papers are the perfect size to be folded in half to a perfect card size. I used the French Bird Cage sheet of paper from the Le Belle Jardin collection. This beautiful floral paper is so delightful and easy to work with. Meg also carries a beautiful selection of lace and flowers in the shop to embellish your projects. In addition, I have added some beautiful Dusty Atticchipboard pieces from my scrap stash and a handmade pink rose to compliment my card.

I used the mini word inspire, a left over piece from the French garden border casing and a chipboard butterfly. I primed the chipboard with gesso and used texture effects paste on the title and border and then glass bead gel and ink on the butterfly.

I also added a large handmade rose (tutorial to follow soon) and surrounded it with a few more flowers.'

This card is so gorgeous & shows how the strip can be used - well done Vicky. Love the hand made flower - scroll down for Vicky's tutorial.

TUTORIAL - SHABBY ROSE

My finished rose is 3 inches wide and 1 inch in height. I used punches that ranged from 1.5 inches to 3.5 inches to achieve this flower.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

*8 punched or die cut flower petals in 4 different sizes and shapes with rounded ends.

*2 gelatos (or watercolor paint)

*water mister

*paintbrush

*thick rounded tip object (I use a sharpie marker)

*white glue - like Helmar Acid-Free

*white gesso or ink of choice

STEP 1: Smear or shave/scrape little chunks of the gelatos into a plate (I shaved the light pink and smeared the dark one) and lay your 8 flowers on a plastic or glass surface. Gelatos wash up easily and do not stain.

STEP 2: Mist the light color with water and apply to all 8 flowers. Here is a picture of my first 4 done.

STEP 3: Mist the darker color with water and apply to petal tips. Note that colors will blend and get lighter as they dry.

STEP 4: Scrunch up each flower around a rounded object (like a sharpie marker) and roll against it to create a cup shape.

STEP 5: On one of your two smallest flowers, pinch the end to create a bud. Let all 8 of the flowers rest in this shape for a few minutes to dry a little.

STEP 6: Slightly open up the 4 larger flowers and glue together, off setting the petals (largest flowers on the bottom). I put a little dab of glue up the sides too to hold it together and stiffen as it dries.

STEP 7: Once the 4 larger flowers are glued, roll again around the marker to bring back to a cup shape.

STEP 8: Do the same thing with 3 smaller flowers, leaving out the bud. Again, the larger flowers are on the bottom.

STEP 9: Glue everything together and let dry in this shape. Note that the colors will get lighter as they dry.

STEP 10: Once dry, shape a bit more by opening it up and folding back a few petals. Then, I dry brushed a bit of white gesso on the tips for a shabby look and to stiffen so the rose will not easily crush. You could ink the tips instead of gesso for a more traditional look. TIP: Smaller flowers can easily be made by only using 6 flower layers.

Thanks for sharing this tutorial with us Vicky - the rose is so gorgeous & elegant

Hello BloggersThis month we have several of our Design Team retiring:ElenaEvgeniaJennyUlrikaVickyWe wish them all the best with their papercrafting projects & thank them so much for their fabulous projects designed specifically for Meg's GardenBye for nowMegwww.megsgarden.com

22 April, 2013

Hello BloggersThe Ode to a Summer's Day Collection is the focus of this project by Elena & she explains:

'To create this LO I used Ode to a Summer Day Collection.
It is so amazingly beautiful.

I applied gesso on the background sheet - Summers's Dance
, then misted through Lace Doily Circle 25 with colorant and let it dry.

Then I made some fussy cutting from Summer Bouquet and
Summer Beauty.

Added some stamping using La Blanche Script Stamp.

Fibres: Springtime Flurry, Cream Medley

Flowers: Mini Rosebuds - lavender 1cm'

Beautiful Elena - well done. How gorgeous are the flourishes picking up the other touches of blue? The layering is totally awesome with the main paper, then the round doily, then the fussy cutting & finally the photo with its papers frame & then a chipboard frame. Did I miss any layers? The fibres add so much texture & softness with the final touch of tiny rosebuds & butterfly.

20 April, 2013

Beautifully done Denise - well done. You have shown us how all of the papers work well together. Love how you have added pieces from other Collections & the flowers are fantastic - the highlighting on the edges makes them stand out. I totally love Tim's ornate plates

Fabulous LO Gayle - well done. You have taken some papers & created a mixed media effect on them & then added some pieces from the Elements Collection to add interest & excitement. Beautiful & exciting.

Well bloggers - you have now seen 2 different approaches using the new papers - Vintage Elegance & Exciting Mixed Media. Now you have to try your own approaches & have fun - that is the name of the game.

16 April, 2013

Adriana has taken the new Elements papers & created these awesome tags & a Card.

'Hi there everyone,

Today I have created for you all a card and framed tag project.Using the some of the new Vintage Elements papers from Meg's Garden.

I just love vintage images and could not wait to playwith these elements.First, are 2 vintage tags which I framed insideinside a Kaisercraft beyond the page photo frame.I applied gesso around the edges of frame and while stillwet I gathered pieces of muslin, using the gesso to adhere the muslinto the frame, this gives a very shabby effect to it.The background paper inside each pocket is the Dusty Pink Roses P6341 - The Rose Garden collection availablefrom Meg's GardenVintage Frame

The tags are covered with the Music sheets and Old Writing 1 - P2061 paperswhich are NEW available from Meg's Garden websiteClose up of Vintage Lady Tag

15 April, 2013

We applied this concept to the 'anything' of papercrafting & came
up with this collection of papers & transparencies.

The papers have been designed to cut, tear, distress edges, add colour with
any of your colouring tools & more. The music papers have been done on a white
background so that you can distress them to suit your project - blue, brown
etc.

The papers are available in the pack or individually & there will be more to come.

The top 8 papers are A4 size, the next 2 are A4 transparency - a pack is available along with 12 assorted old book papers.